Ten Thousand Out Brickmakers Strike Halts 200 Chicago Buildings
Ten thousand workers were idle as work stopped on 200 buildings in Chicago on the second day of the Cook County brickmakers strike. Non union brick led to work stoppages with unions urged to join a general walkout. brickmakers seek higher wages and union recognition while employers remain indifferent. Committees from the brickmakers’ alliance pressed on sites, impacting carpenters and hodcarriers as the strike spreads amid union talks.
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Chicago
Cook County
Tioops
Organized Labor
Brickmakers’ Alliance
Law and Order Returns as Cleveland Reopens
Slow improvements in Cleveland show buses and street cars crowded during peak hours. Mayor Farley and Adjutant General Axline clash over troop duties while the national guard remains under mayoral authority. A streetcar from Euclid Beach Park was dynamited, but the motorman and conductor escaped unharmed.
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Cleveland
Farley
Axline
National Guard
Euclid Beach Park
Militia Control in Cleveland as Strikes East
Twenty regiments of state troops on duty in Cleveland after a strike disrupts streetcar service. Adjutant General Axline commands about 1,200 soldiers with 400 arrivals from Columbus and nearby cities. Small riots erupt as mobs throw stones at guard cars, and several arrests are reported despite police and military presence.
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Cleveland
Big Consolidated Street Railway
Union
Burton and
Clark Avenue
Axline
Columbus
Newark
Chillicothe
Farley
Broadway
Clay
Pearl
Brooklyn
Messengers Strike Ends Without Concessions
Cincinnati July 31 The messenger boy strike ends after one week with neither Western Union nor Postal making concessions. The newly organized union will not be recognized by either company.
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Cincinnati
Messenger Boys
Western Union
The
Postal
Disturbances Rise in Samoa as Moana Arrives
The Moana's Honolulu to Samoa trip reports unrest in Samoa with fights among natives and discontent. Chief Justice Chambers, traveling on the ship, left Samoa after the high commission would not promise enforcement of court decrees. Meanwhile Hawaii's volcanic eruption intensifies with widespread ash cloud.
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Samoa
San Francisco
Moana
Honolulu
Chambers
High Commission
Hawaii
Coal Combine on Again In DuLouth Minnesota
Coal prices for next winter appear higher as local coal companies submit bids to the school board in DuLouth Minnesota. Average increases run about one dollar per ton above last year’s bids. This year the bids on similar grades are identical, signaling possible coal combine activity.
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Dulouth
Minn
Board of Education
Ten Thousand Out As New York Tailors Strike
The New York tailor strike spreads through Manhattan with under 100 shops still operating. The strike committee canvasses shops to enlist workers and the total on strike across Greater New York nears ten thousand, affecting thousands of buttonhole workers and other operatives.
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New York
Borough of
Manhattan
Greater
Messengers Strike Escalates in Cincinnati
Cincinnati July 27. The messenger boys strike has grown serious with rioters surrounding telegraph and district offices. Messengers are sent with police, but cabs are pelted with stones. Two messengers stabbed and several hurt by missiles.
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Cincinnati
Status of the Pingree Strike in Detroit
President John F. Tobin of the Boot and Shoe Workers' International union said negotiations to settle the Pingree and Smith strike are off after a latest conference with Frank C. Pingree.
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Pingree
Detroit
John F. Tobin
Boot and Shoe Workers’ International Union
Frank C. Pingree
Pingree & Smith
Favors Annexation In Cuban Press Move
El Diario de la Marina prints extracts from El Suffrage Universal a Puerto Principe paper claiming to represent working Cubans. It argues good Cubans can govern Cuba but generals oppose any transfer, preferring to rule themselves. The piece advocates annexation.
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Havana
el Diario de la Marina
el Suffrage Universal
Puerto Principe
British hopes rise for Alaska boundary settlement
London reports progress in the Alaska boundary dispute as Sir Julian Pauncefote’s return is seen to aid talks. The Foreign Office believes the issue may move toward settlement thanks to his understanding of American and Canadian positions.
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London
Foreign Office
Julian Pauncefote
Admiral Dewey Hosts Concert During Trieste Visit
Admiral Dewey entertained Frederick W. Hosfeld the United States consul and several Americans at a concert on the Olympia given by the ship's band. He will sail about Aug 1 for Naples.
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Admiral Dewey
Trieste
Frederick W. Hosfeld
United States
Olympia
Naples
Great Distress in Chili Reported from Heavy Rains
Reports from the southern provinces of Chile describe widespread distress due to extremely heavy rains. Many cities are flooded and crops ruined, affecting large areas and livelihoods.
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Santiago DE Chili
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